The Associated Press
ROCHESTER, Wash. — Metal shrapnel from an exploding cannon injured three people, including an 11-year-old boy, during a Fourth of July gathering in the Thurston County community of Rochester.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Cheryl Stines says the cannon exploded about 10:30 p.m. Friday.
She says the boy was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with “severe lacerations” to his leg and abdomen.
Stines says two adults also were injured: a 34-year-old male suffered severe abdominal injuries and a woman in her 30s suffered abdominal and leg injuries.
Their identities and medical conditions are not immediately available.